LEBANON — Attorneys Amy Nooning and Thomas Whitsitt, formerly of Whitsitt & Nooning Law Firm have joined Taylor, Minnette, Schneider & Clutter P.C. in Lebanon.
“We are thrilled to welcome Amy and Tom to our team,” said Kent Minnette, partner at Taylor, Minnette, Schneider & Clutter P.C. “Their experience and commitment to community are a natural fit for our firm and adding them to the team expands our offerings and benefits our clients.”
Nooning graduated magna cum laude from Duquesne University School of Law in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 2009. While in law school, she served as a contributing member of the Duquesne Law Review and received the CALI Excellence for the Future Award for receiving the highest grade in five law classes. She was the recipient of the Honorable Carol Los Mansmann Scholarship while in law school. She received her bachelor’s degree, graduating summa cum laude, from Slippery Rock University in 2002 with a major in communications and a minor in philosophy.
Nooning joined the firm of Giddings, Whitsitt & Williams as an associate in 2011 and became a partner in 2016. She worked at the firm, renamed to Whitsitt & Nooning, until 2024 when she joined Taylor, Minnette, Schneider & Clutter as a partner.
Nooning is a member of the Boone County Bar Association. She has served as president of the board of directors of the Indiana Municipal Lawyers Association and currently serves as vice president of Zionsville Showchoirs Inc. and as a member of the board of directors of Shalom House.
She focuses her practice in the areas of municipal law, probate and estate administration and estate planning. Nooning has served as town attorney for several Boone County towns since 2012.
She lives with her husband, three children, golden retriever and two cats in Zionsville where she is involved with her family in a variety of community, civic and religious activities.
Thomas Whitsitt received his bachelor’s degree from Indiana University, Bloomington in 1968 and in 1974 his J.D., Cum Laude, from Indiana School of Law-Indianapolis and is admitted to practice law in the State of Indiana and in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.
After clerking for the Honorable Judge William Garrard at the Indiana Court of Appeals, Whitsitt opened his private practice in 1974 in Lebanon. He worked as Boone County Chief Deputy Prosecutor, part-time, from 1975 through 1978. In 2024, he joined the firm of Taylor, Minnette, Schneider & Clutter as an Of Counsel member.
He is a member of the Indiana State Bar Association, the Indiana Bar Association Family Law Section and is a member and past president of the Boone County Bar Association. Whitsitt is a current member of the Indiana Supreme Court Character and Fitness Committee. He has served as president of the Lebanon Public Library Board and of the Lebanon Parks Board. In 1984, he helped establish Habitat for Humanity of Boone County and served on its board as president. He is currently a member of the Oak Hill Cemetery Board. Whitsitt’s practice areas include family law, criminal defense, estate planning, business consultation, litigation, municipal law and real estate.
He enjoys spending his free time with family, reading, birding, carving and fly-fishing in Wyoming. He and his wife, Chris, have two adult children, five grandchildren and one great-grandchild. They live in Lebanon with a large golden retriever, a small CKC spaniel, and an elderly rescue cat.
